| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| IBM Problem Determination Tools Studio V12 | Link to download page |
| V12 plug-ins packages for installation via Eclipse P2 or IBM Installation Manager | Link to download page |
| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| IBM Application Performance Analyzer Plug-in for Eclipse | Link to download page |
| IBM Debug Tool Plug-in for Eclipse | Link to download page |
| IBM Fault Analyzer Plug-in for Eclipse | Link to download page |
| IBM File Manager Plug-in for Eclipse | Link to download page |
| IBM Workload Simulator Plug-in for Eclipse | Link to download page |
The IBM Problem Determination Tools Studio, and the individual product plug-ins, provide easy access through a graphical user interface (GUI) on the workstation to the power of the host IBM Problem Determination Tools – Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS, Debug Tool for z/OS, Fault Analyzer for z/OS, File Manager for z/OS, and Workload Simulator for z/OS and OS/390. The GUI provides a workstation alternative to the z/OS ISPF interface. With this interface, existing application developers and system programmers may experience productivity gains over the traditional "green screen" interface. The interface can also lower the learning curve for new z/OS developers, making them proficient quicker by providing an interface to the z/OS tool that is easier and more familiar for new hires to pickup and use.
IBM Problem Determination Tools Studio is a standalone, Eclipse-based environment that contains the capability found in each of the individual product plug-ins for Application Performance Analyzer, Debug Tool, Fault Analyzer, File Manager, and Workload Simulator, including:
- With Application Performance Analyzer, it can be used for submitting new observation requests and navigating performance analysis reports.
- With Debug Tool, it helps debug load modules running on z/OS, including those run in CICS, DB2, IMS.
- With Fault Analyzer, it can access problem reports for diagnosing mainframe application errors and ABENDs.
- With File Manager, it is an interface to a set of tools for manipulating and browsing data stored in various z/OS resources including data sets, USS files, and MQ queues.
- With Workload Simulator, it helps manage the test process and automatically generate Workload Simulator scripts and networks.
- Also included is the z/OS Explorer component that provides:
- A consistent experience for managing common connections. Users are prompted only once per session for userid and password. Login details can be associated with multiple connections.
- A perspective, views, and APIs included to list, create, edit, and control z/OS datasets, PDS datasets, zFS files and paths and to submit jobs and view JES spool output.
Note: Further details about the capabilities included in the Problem Determination Tools Studio are described in the individual product plug-in descriptions below.
The individual product plug-ins are also available separately for download and installation into other Eclipse-based platforms like CICS Explorer, IMS Enterprise Suite Explorer, or Rational Developer for System z.
IBM Application Performance Analyzer Plug-in for Eclipse encompasses both the Observation Request and Reporting functions, including the R02 screens list, detail views, edit functions and reports for the Observation. The GUI can be used for submitting new observation requests and for navigating the performance analysis reports generated from observation requests. The GUI can display and provide functions to multiple components of Application Performance Analyzer at the same time. The major views include:
- STC View, which lists all active started tasks
- Observations List View, which lists all observations
- Observation Detail View, which provides details of an observation
- Reports List View, which lists all reports for an observation
- Report View, which displays an individual report
IBM Debug Tool Plug-in for Eclipse, helps debug z/OS-based load modules running on MVS, including load modules that run in a subsystem like CICS, DB2 or IMS. The GUI interface allows you to access debugging capability similar to that accessed by the ISPF interface, allowing you to do the following tasks:
- Set and clear breakpoints at a specific line
- Set and clear breakpoints for an error or warning-level error that is based on Language Environment severities
- Run to a breakpoint
- Step into a procedure
- Step over a procedure
- View variable values and change them as you step through the code
- View variable values in the context of a larger area of storage
- View the call stack
IBM Fault Analyzer Plug-in for Eclipse provides access to problem reports for diagnosing mainframe application errors and ABENDs. Key features include:
- An interface to manage views and multiple fault history files
- The ability to browse fault entries that were created during real-time analysis of abending programs
- A browser for browsing the dump storage associated with a fault entry
- A source listing of abending programs using side files
IBM File Manager Plug-in for Eclipse provides a set of tools for manipulating and browsing data stored in various z/OS resources including data sets, UNIX System Services files, and IBM WebSphere MQ queues. The following usage scenarios are supported:
- Creation, modification and update of File Manager templates. Using the plug-in, you can create templates from COBOL, PL/I and HLASM copybooks. You can also create dynamic templates on the fly if you do not have a copybook to describe your data.
- File Manager editor which allows you to manipulate and browse data. The editor provides three different views of data:
1. Formatted/Table display using template.
2. Character display (text based presentation of data).
3. Single display using template (focussed on the display fields defined in a record). - Allocate data sets, compare data sets, copy data sets, and create data File Manager utility functions.
IBM Workload Simulator Plug-in for Eclipse provides the ability to help manage the test process and automatically generate Workload Simulator scripts and networks from VTAM and CPI-C trace data.